İbrahim Şen
İbrahim Şen | |
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| Born | October 1, 1980 Turkey |
| Occupation | Former detainee |
| Known for | Detention at Guantanamo Bay; alleged involvement in terrorist activities |
İbrahim Şen (born 1 October 1980) is a Kurdish individual from Turkey who experienced extrajudicial detention at the United States' Guantanamo Bay detention camp located in Cuba. According to the Defense Intelligence Agency, following his return to Turkey, Şen "resumed involvement in terrorist activities."
In April 2006, Şen gave an interview to the Turkish publication Vakit, where he described being subjected to sexual assault by female interrogators, the desecration of the Koran, physical abuse involving iron bars by guards, and attacks by dogs at the Kandahar detention facility. He asserted that camp officials frequently opted to amputate injured limbs instead of providing proper medical treatment and recounted being confined for several days in an "insanity room" exposed to continuous loud noises. Additionally, Şen claimed that a majority of the GIs at Guantanamo were Jewish, wore skullcaps, and that a Rabbi was present during interrogations. These statements were met with criticism from a Turkish columnist who condemned them as "blatant antisemitism."
Şen, along with several other former detainees, has initiated legal action against US authorities concerning the harsh conditions endured during their imprisonment. This group includes two other ex-Turkish detainees, Yuksel Celikgogus and Nuri Mert, as well as Zakirjan Hasam (from Uzbekistan) and Fethi Boucetta (from Algeria). Similar to Şen, both Turkish detainees were sent back to Turkey prior to the commencement of the Combatant Status Review Tribunals in August 2004. The Algerian and Uzbek detainees were among 38 individuals released after their tribunals concluded they had been mistakenly designated as "enemy combatants." The DIA reports that İbrahim Şen was repatriated to Turkey in November 2003. In January 2008, he was apprehended in Van, Turkey on charges of leading an active al-Qaeda cell.